Triton Today Miami 2014 Saturday

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o o o Test Your Mates Test your trivia skills with these nautical questions. n What is the Coriolis effect? n True or false: A boat on starboard tack is required to give way to a boat on a port tack. n What is the W, whisky flag?

ANSWERS on page 2

Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:14 pm; Sunrise (Sunday): 6:55 am Moonrise: 7:02 pm; 99% illuminated Low tides: 4:21 pm; 4:35 am (Sunday) High tides: 10:18 pm; 10:39 am (Sunday)

Weather Today: Intervals of clouds and sun, W 10-20 mph, high 80 Tonight: Clear, NNW 10-15 mph, low 57 Tomorrow AM: Sunny, NNE 5-10 mph, high 76

Catch a ride Have a friend or family member who wants to see what you really do? Have them catch a ride from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami on the Yachty Bus (10 a.m. south, 7 p.m. north; +1 619-717-4870). $10 one way.

New at the show Two diesel-electric hybrid boats, Greenline 33 and 40, are on display in front of the Eden Roc. Introduced in 2010, this is the Miami premiere.

Three yachts from Azimut-Benetti Group make their world debut, the new Azimut 84, the Benetti Vision 145-foot M/Y Told U So, and the Benetti Classic Supreme 132-foot M/Y Petrus II. Sanlorenzo debuts its new SL104, with five cabins and a submersible swim platform.

Camper & Nicholsons Yachts debuted its J Class power boats through Bradford Marine, including the 42foot M/Y Endeavour, the 50-foot M/Y Velsheda, the 60-foot M/Y Shamrock and the 80-foot M/Y Gelyce.

WITH A LITTLE EXTRA HEART: Crew of M/Y MiMu embrace the Valentine’s Day spirit onboard during the 26th annual Yacht and Brokerage Show yesterday.

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2015 show to expand to Watson Island

By Lucy Chabot Reed Organizers of the Yacht & Brokerage Show have signed a contract to expand the 26-year-old show into an as-yetunbuilt megayacht marina on Miami’s Watson Island.

Despite a decade of false starts, the Island Gardens project is slated to confirm financing this spring and begin dredging the marina by June, said Mehmet Bayraktar, the Turkish founder of the development company, Flagstone Property Group.

If it can do that, next year’s show would have a 25-foot deep basin in

which to erect floating docks. The marina’s real docks would be built in time for the 2016 show, both sides said.

“We are very excited about the expansion of the show,” said Ann Vernon, executive director of the Florida Yacht Brokers Association (FYBA), which co-owns the show with Show Management. “This is the largest show we’ve had to date, and we see the expansion as a positive indication of where the show needs to go.”

The show gave a trial run at expanding for larger yachts this year by contracting with the A dock at Miami

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Marina has a history of beginning Beach Marina. Called Superyacht Miami, that exhibit has about eight yachts, at least one larger than 170 feet.

A new marina would also allow for additional luxury and lifestyle exhibits.

“We’re very excited to have another venue to handle superyachts as well as the compatible accessories” such as cars and jewelry, said Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III, CEO of Show Management.

Despite yesterday’s announcement, several more hurdles still need to be cleared before construction begins on Watson Island, not the least of which is securing financing and perhaps finding a co-developer, said Bahar Bayraktar, director of communications for the company and daughter of the owner.

And while the developers and show organizers appeared confident yesterday that would happen, Miami real estate watchers aren’t convinced.

A version of this project was first proposed more than a decade ago.

Watson Island is on the west end of Government Cut, bifurcated by the MacArthur Causeway with Jungle Island on the north and the seaplane base and helipad on the south.

Residents balked at projected hotel and residencial towers, so the project stalled amid securing permits, approvals and financing.

Then, at about this time last year, the company announced it was finalizing financing and would begin construction

by September.

In June, Miami real estate powerhouse The Related Group announced it would participate in the

project, giving city officials cause to extend the lease until construction could begin. With Related Group, the project grew to almost double its size.

Two months later, in August, Related Group withdrew, saying it didn’t want to deal with an expected long approval process and opposition from residents, according to news reports.

At the time, Flagstone said it would pay for the marina portion itself and that work would begin by the end of the first quarter.

Yesterday, Bayraktar said dredging would begin in June. Drawings and renderings of the marina look inviting.

“This is not a marina for parking,” Mehmet Bayraktar said after the announcement yesterday. “It will be like pulling up to Worth Avenue or Rodeo Drive. It will be like Monaco and St. Tropez, that was the inspiration.”

In addition to a 100-foot-wide strip of pedestrian, the developments would include retail, restaurants and two hotel/residence towers. It also will have “the smallest international airport in the country,” Bayraktar said, pointing to a small area for seaplanes whose landing strip would be Government Cut. Helicopters, too, could land there.

The marina is slated to have about 5,500 linear feet of dockage, including about 450 feet of bulkhead on the outside. Bayraktar said a vessel of about 600 feet could dock stern-to in the center of the basin. Designs include no finger piers to remain flexible with stern-to dockage, but he said it will accommodate up to 75 megayachts.

Lucy Reed is editor of The Triton.

Comments: editorial@the-triton.com

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Publisher: David Reed Editorial: Lucy Chabot Reed, Dorie Cox Advertising: Mike Price Production: Patty Weinert Distribution: Beth Black Vol. 6, No. 3.

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 3: On the job

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rom inside to out, crew work with a variety of things each day including the standards for the interior staff, engineers, deck crew and captains. But this show features a few specialty yacht items such as dive gear, helicopters and a submarine.

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CHECKING THE TIDE: Triton Today’s Question of the Day:

What’s the best life lesson that yachting has taught you?

This question stopped yacht crew in their tracks yesterday. A few, you could tell, couldn’t come up with anything, but most were stumped to pick just one lesson.

Yachting teaches those who work on yachts not only about themselves, but how they interact with others. And those “others” run the gamut from their peers to the boss and subordinates, to the ultra-high-net-worth individuals who own and charter these yachts.

Given that perspective, it’s easy to understand how tough it was for captains and crew to choose just one lesson.

— Lucy Chabot Reed Stew Morgan Passarelli M/Y Amitie 101’ Hargrave Just to be yourself.

Be friendly and treat people how you would want to be treated.

Dayworker Bianca Franck M/Y Remember When 162’ Christensen To appreciate life more, my time off and my time to myself. And that hard works pays off at the end.

2d Stew Gaby DiGiuseppe M/Y Matchpoint 162’ Christensen It’s definitely given me thicker skin. I will always get attached to people, but now I don’t take it so personally.

Capt. Craig Cannon M/Y Miss Lisa 92’ Citadel Safety, making sure your systems are ready.

Yachting prepares you for anything, like the Boy Scouts. I was an Eagle Scout; it teaches you to be prepared.

Chief Stew Jamie-Lee Sykes M/Y Excellence 150’ Richmond To take pride in everything you do, and to not take shortcuts.

Capt. Cohen Dahm M/Y Our Toy 120’ Feadship Don’t judge people on face value.

Capt.

Adam Cunerd M/Y Scott Free 120’ Northcoast Responsibility. And to work hard but also enjoy life. And yachting gives you the best between the two.

2d Stew Meghan Dedrick M/Y Monte Carlo 132’ Amels That life can be adventurous, lucrative and unconventional.

I have kids, but you can still do weird and wonderful things.

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Across 1 Type of card 5 Camp beds 9 Scotland Yard division, briefly 12 Competent 13 Rowboats 15 Oft-broken promise 16 Stern area ship part 18 Workout venue 19 Chester White’s home 20 Brokeback Mountain

director Lee 21 ___-Foy, Que. 22 Schooner filler 23 Piano piece 25 2013 Brad Pitt adventure, ___ War Z 27 Steak ___ 29 Kind of wrench 32 Sacred song 33 Wake inducer 37 From the top 38 Kenyan tribesman

39 Lecher’s look 40 Abandoned ships 42 Destiny 43 Chip dip 44 Skin openings 45 Dalmatian’s markings 48 Submerged aquatic plant or water nymph 50 Apiece, in scores 51 Comic strip, The ___ Sack 54 Indisposed 55 Mouse catcher 58 Young fellow 59 Ships with reinforced bows 62 Compass pt.

63 Ringmasters, e.g.

64 Creative spark 65 Mal de ___ 66 Geologic periods 67 Imminent Down 1 Q&As, online 2 Touch on 3 Pottery material 4 Always, in verse 5 Short-legged dog 6 Former California fort 7 No-win situations?

8 Religious offshoot

9 Humidor item 10 Tennyson poem 11 Like some stadiums 13 Fog designation 14 Out of kilter 17 Bait 23 Life jacket 24 Windlass 26 Ready to sail 27 Completed 28 Roman road 30 Grazing sites 31 Waikiki wear 32 Daft 33 Pouches 34 Grimm figure 35 Handouts 36 Sri Lanka export 38 Bag thickness 41 Movie canine 42 Eucalyptus eater 44 Stacks 45 Oregon’s capital 46 Carpenter’s tool 47 More mature 49 Buenos ___ 52 Pinnacle 53 Art ___ 55 Relinquish 56 Field of study 57 Bygone despot 60 Affleck of Chasing Amy 61 Reunion group Answers in Triton Today Miami Sunday